Advisory Council On Implementation
The Ministry of HRD set up a high-level, 14-member National Advisory Council (NAC) for implementation of the Act. The members include
- Kiran Karnik, former president of NASSCOM
- Krishna Kumar, former director of the NCERT
- Mrinal Miri, former vice-chancellor of North-East Hill University
- Yogendra Yadav - social scientist. India
- Sajit Krishnan kutty Secretary of The Educators Assisting Children's Hopes (TEACH)India.
- Annie Namala, an activist and head of Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion
- Aboobacker Ahmad, vice-president of Muslim Education Society, Kerala.
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